The lady of the camellias vanishes
La Cieca just heard that Angela Gheorghiu has canceled tonight’s performance of Traviata at the Met. Hei-Kyung Hong goes on.
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Isn’t star quality in the eyes or ears of the beholder? Remember Gelb thought Radvanovsky dull and didn’t hire her back until he realized she had a big following.
It’s funny that someone mentioned Hong’s Ilia as one of her best parts. My recollection was that of the cast that included von Otter, Studer and Rolfe Johnson, my feeling was that Hong was the one who didn’t merit inclusion–bland and dull.
peter, actually I don’t remember anything of the sort. What appears to have transpired is that Gelb and his staff waited to hear Radvanovsky do the performances in her then-outstanding contracts before offering her new engagements. Not such a bad policy when you think how badly the Met was burned with the likes of Andrea Gruber.
Where is Andrea Gruber these days? Andrea, call home! It is her face that should be on the side of the milk carton. Any news would be appreciated.
La Cieca is absolutely right; La Gheorghiu has the sacred fire and the other gals don’t.
That’s funny La Cieca. That’s not what I heard besides she had sung enough seasons already to know whether she was “any good”.
. . . and Maria Guleghina and Natalie Dessay and Violeta Urmana and Salvatore Licitra and (clears throat)…
la cieca, i find your dismissal of hong as not enough of a star or prima donna quite funny considering how many bad performances you regularly attend at the met. so yes, the lady is not the biggest diva on earth, doesn’t have the biggest voice, or the most distinctive tone, but would you rather go see and hear hong — who may not bowl you over every time but never gives a bad performance — or take your chances with such variable entities as gheorghiu, netrebko or fleming????? in the end, which fans come out ahead????
in other words, are you always overwhelmed by angie, trebs, renee or karita? well, i’m not. sometimes i am, but not always.
eli, gruber is locked up in my sweatshop making shoes, until she repays her debt to me over that miserable aida years ago.